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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 25, 1941
Page
4
Fragments describe a 1926 Parkes meeting and tennis results with multiple errors. Names, places, and scores are partially readable but inconsistently garbled, limiting coherent event reconstruction.
A weekend bowls session featured multiple competitions with players including Farlow and Kellner. Matches covered a handicap format with teams led by Joner, Whitalay, and Kinon, while a pennant race and top-rated contenders hinted at future payoffs and standings.
Forbes High School hosted Parkes High School for a busy weekend of sports and choir events. The visit featured a cricket match with Parkes triumphing in a fast bowler driven affair while Forbes boasted strong batting shows. The day also included a school choir performance and remarks from captains.
Patchy OCR text records a long fielding and batting summary with many misspellings. It mentions players like Fonda, Parkes, Mellon, Anderson, Woods, Bailey and Pollen among others, with scattered scores and overs. The fragment lacks coherent structure and a clear outcome.
Partial readable lines describe a stray fragment of a local notice with names and dates obscured. The text suggests a public or community record but lacks clear subjects or actions to identify a specific outcome.
Afternoon croquet events saw notable players like Moore and Opes in a regional competition at Parkes Club. President Henle of the Croquet Association attended as teams from Porbe Orange and Dunloo faced country handlcappers amid bustling play and nearby attendees.
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